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Charlotte Wedding Photographer | N.S. Alexander Homestead | Stephanie + Taylor

What a privilege to be able to be a part of Stephanie + Taylor’s wedding! Taylor is a good friend that I’ve known for many years and Stephanie has lived with my parents for several years, so naturally this wedding was close to my heart. It was great to be working for friends! Stephanie was a beautiful bride and I love how her portraits turned out. She really shines in front of the camera! The reception at the N.S. Alexander Homestead’s new barn was great fun and I was impressed with the venue. Definitely a really great place to have a wedding reception. I’m so happy for Stephanie + Taylor and I hope you enjoy these favorites from their special day!

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Charlotte Wedding Photographer | eXtravaganza Depot | Bree + Jim

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege to be a part of Bree + Jim’s wedding at Bree’s church in historic downtown Concord. I so enjoyed this wedding with this wonderful couple! The whole day was relaxed and fun, the locations and details were stunning…a true celebration of Bree + Jim’s marriage. Beyond their obvious love for each other it was evident that they are dearly loved by others because the entire place was packed! I really loved everything about this wedding…historic ceremony location, beautiful flowers, stunning bride, the elegant reception, the fun portrait locations. This was my first reception at eXtravaganza Depot and it was amazing! Definitely a hidden gem for receptions in Charlotte. Thanks to my friend Vanessa Schrotenboer for second shooting again. She did another fabulous job and you can check out her perspective on Bree + Jim’s wedding here. Below are some of my favorites from the day…

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Charlotte Bridal Photographer | Bree

I’m super excited to share these bridal portraits! Bree is an absolutely stunning bride in her modern dress and the location turned out to be amazing. I’ve been wanting to shoot at the “urban barn” for a while, and Bree’s bridal session was a perfect opportunity. Bree’s dress, the warm evening light, the barn, and the awesome chair that my friend Mindy let me borrow all came together exactly how I had envisioned! Bree + Jim got married a couple weeks ago, so stay tuned for their blog post! Until then, enjoy my favorites from Bree’s bridal session…

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Charlotte Engagement Photographer | Stephanie + Taylor

I had a great time with Stephanie + Taylor on their “old fashioned picnic” engagement shoot! Taylor is an old friend and I’ve been so glad to see Stephanie come in to his life. I’m super excited to see them get married next month! Here are a few of my favorites…

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Charlotte Wedding Photographer | Roof With A View | Shaynah + Michael

Last spring I had the pleasure to second shoot with my sister-in-law, the lovely Elisabeth Rose. Shaynah + Michael are good friends who we go to church with, so it was just an all-around great time. Second shooting is really a lot of fun because you’re free from the pressure to capture everything and you’re able to just relax and try new things. With all of the editing I had to do last year I never got around to these, so in honor of Shaynah + Michael’s one year anniversary today I decided to finally give them a go! Congratulations to you both and happy anniversary!

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Featured: Pretty Little Weddings

Jeni + Lee are getting a lot of press recently! Today their photos were featured on Pretty Little Weddings

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Featured: Bow Ties & Bliss

I’m super excited to announce that Jeni + Lee‘s wedding was featured on Bow Ties & Bliss today! I recently discovered this blog and they have some fabulous stuff on there, definitely check it out. Thanks to Vanessa Schrotenboer for contributing her images to this feature!

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2010 Year In Review

Wow, I can’t believe it’s already 2011! With the coming of a new year I wanted to take some time to reflect on the past year as a photographer. I’m really grateful for the blessing of being able to do something that I love and have a passion for. 2010 was a very full year! I shot a total of 10 weddings (doubling my 2009 total). I worked really hard to define what I want to communicate as an artist and I feel like I nailed down that vision last year, both from an artistic and technical perspective. I believe this helped me to take my art to the “next level” last year, which is really exciting! My clients last year were wonderful and allowed me to be a part of some amazing weddings. If you were a client of mine in 2010, thank you so much for the privilege of being a part of your special day!

In short, 2010 was a huge step forward and I couldn’t be more excited for 2011! To wrap things up here are my favorite images from the past year.

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Baby Sam

Our second child, Samuel Laurence, was born at 4:42 AM on Tuesday December 14th. He is such a blessing for our family! We think he’s super cute and I love taking pictures of him. Here are some quick portraits of Sam and mom that I did in the hostpital.

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Charlotte Wedding Photographer | Bridal Portraits | Jeni on Film

The film portion of my recent bridal shoot with my sister Jeni. First time using Portra and I love how it looks! I love shooting with Jeni because she’s an artist and she really knows how to get her model on. Check these out…

Thoughts on Portra: properly overexposed (2 stops) skin tones look great. I love how this film seems to subtly saturate the skin tones without saturating the rest of the colors. Underexposed skin tones look pretty grey and yucky but that’s probably true of all film. Definitely has fine grain but I feel like I can see the grain more than with Fuji 400h which seems to give a smoother look overall. This is especially noticeable in the out-of-focus areas which tend to look harsh. That could just be the harsh bokeh that my cheapo 50mm produces. I would love to see what this film does with an 85mm f/1.4! Gotta keep saving my pennies…

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